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Article: EU Vice-President Backs UK Stand on Beef Crisis
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 2, 1996
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The European Union (EU) Commission Vice-President Sir Leon Brittan
has expressed support to Britain's non-cooperation policy with the
EU, urging the other EU countries to ease the world-wide ban on
British beef products exports.
Speaking in a BBC television interview this morning, Brittan said
it is not realistic for the British government to abandon its
non-cooperation operation while the ban on British beef exports
remain in force.
Brittan, a Conservative who served in the UK cabinet as home
secretary and trade secretary in the 1980s before becoming going to
Brussels, said "Britain can't really be expected" to end its hard
stand on the EU without a framework deal on steps to lift the ...